Graphic Artist I
Posted on: 20 Sep 2021
Lenexa, KS
Job Description
Overview
This position is responsible for creating custom graphics for screen-printed sports apparel. The artist in this position is responsible for creating high quality designs that are sensitive to aesthetics, while maintaining branding compliance and specific production and efficiency goals. This position is centered around retaining knowledge and developing an understanding of basic screen-printing processes. Must possess proficient knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Typography.
Responsibilities
Produces custom designs with a consistent and high accuracy rate with a minimum number of edits. Runs spell check on every graphic and signs off on every order.
Meets departmental production goals and consistently produces an acceptable volume of work.
Works closely with scheduling to understand ship date requirements and deadlines, consistently turns rush orders around quickly.
Must be able to multitask and quickly change priorities as needed.
Understanding of screen print separation theory and to create production ready art files for separation process.
Works closely with Senior/Lead Artists on team to produce complicated print techniques.
Works on all types of orders and produces all types of art (Knights Apparel, Champion, Russell, and Rivalry Threads).
Manages orders and workflow on desk and maintains files on art server.
Follows brand standards, licensing guidelines, garment specifications, and manufacturing requirements; creating a garment decoration that will experience success in the marketplace.
Works closely with Licensing team to maintains approvals through licensing approvals and branding updates.
Qualifications
Degree in Commercial Art, Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or related experience.
Working knowledge of the Macintosh computer and advanced knowledge of Adobe – Creative Cloud, especially Adobe Illustrator.
Professional design skills, including a strong knowledge and understanding of typography.
Available to work overtime during peak demands and event seasons (daily and weekends).
Hanesbrands Inc.
Winston-Salem, NC
HanesBrands is a socially responsible manufacturer and marketer of leading everyday basic apparel under some of the world's strongest apparel brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia, as well as in Australia and South Africa. Our iconic innerwear and activewear apparel brands found in the United States and elsewhere include Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Maidenform, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra and Gear for Sports. Outside the United States, we also have dominant national and regional brands, including DIM, Nur Die/Nur Der, Lovable, Abanderado, Shock Absorber, Zorba, Sol y Oro, Rinbros, Track N Field and Ritmo.
We are the world’s largest marketer of basic apparel. We sell bras, panties, shapewear, sheer hosiery, men's underwear, children's underwear, socks, T-shirts, sweatshirts, fleece and other activewear. In the United States, we sell more units of intimate apparel, male underwear, socks, shapewear, hosiery and T-shirts than any other company.
Founded in 1901, Hanes has a long history of innovation, product excellence, and brand recognition. In fact, nearly 90 percent of U.S. households have our company's products in them. We revolutionized Tagless T-shirts and underwear, we invented the sports bra and the stretch-cup T-shirt bra, we were the first to advertise a bra on national television (Playtex), and we are innovating with ComfortBlend and temperature-control X-Temp fabrics and seamless Smart Sizes bras.
Our Sell More, Spend Less and Make Acquisitions strategies are driving growth and creating value for our shareholders, consumers, retailers, employees and communities. Hanes has made more than a half dozen acquisitions, including Maidenform Brands, Gear for Sports and Knights Apparel in the United States and DBApparel in Europe.
Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., Hanes is a member of the S&P 500 and is ranked No. 490 on the Fortune 500 list. The company has approximately 65,300 employees in more than 40 countries.
Unlike most apparel companies, Hanes primarily operates its own manufacturing facilities. More than 90 percent of the apparel units that we sell worldwide and in the United States are manufactured in our own plants or those of dedicated contractors.
We take great pride in our strong reputation for ethical business practices and the success of our Hanes for Good corporate responsibility program for workplace practices and community and environmental improvement. The company is the only apparel producer to ever be honored by the Great Place to Work Institute for its workplace practices in Central America and the Caribbean. In the United States, the company has earned the Forbes magazine Best Place to Work honor. Hanes has won U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star sustained excellence recognition for seven consecutive years. Hanes has significant goals for reducing energy use, carbon emissions and water use and publicly reports its progress each year.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees67,200+
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